We return to Dork Manor to see the group celebrate the banishment of the much-hated Will and Rebecca. Meathead Sam was saddened that his showmance partner got sent packing and brooded, alone, in his bunk.

The first challenge involves “arithmetic” for the beauties. Hair-dresser Erin, channeling math-challenged SarahK, asked “What’s arithmetic?” [SarahK: Ahem! I am NOT math-challenged!]

For the geeks, it’s finally geek make-over day! Apparently they have added manscaping to the mix this year, as they find out there will be waxing. The girls instruct the geeks in what to pick out to wear, and LARPer Dave balks at giving up anything that is efficient (like his Velcro-laced tennis shoes) or useful (like his calculator watch). Too-cute Jasmine tells him that watches should not be mixed with numbers.

The geeks are taken from the beauties and paired with professional stylists. After picking out clothes, bring out the wax! LARPer Dave is tortured first and is surprisingly pain-averse for a would-be knight. Jesse is up first, and his hair is dyed blonde (he is the geek who has his mother cut his hair). [SK: The blonde dye-job is AWFUL! He was cuter with his original hair color!] Dave is next, and looks like a fat Malcolm McDowell.

William is next, and he looks like a geek in a nice suit–even his partner was not impressed. [SK: Is that the one they gave red hair?? They made him look like that American Idol kid who tried to sing standards! Why did they destroy the guys’ hair color??] Speaking of impossible to make-over, next is Joshua, who looks like a geeky professor, rather than a geeky student. Next up is girl-geek Nicole, who looks a lot better sans geeky glasses, and with some make-up, decent clothes, and styled hair. [SK: I thought her makeover was great, but I actually liked her better with the glasses.] Next is Luke, whose main problem was his Super-Cuts hairdo. Next is John, who does not look like the same person. Cleaned-up, he looks like a slightly more masculinized version of Clay Aiken. [SK: You leave Gaiken alone!]

The group is told that they will be going to a prom, and they have to ask one of the beauties who is not their partner. Sam is automatically excluded (no gay hook-ups this season), and one of the beauties must also stay behind so that Nicole can take one of the geeks. Luke strikes first and bags Erin. Dave wants to ask Nicole, but he is going to play hard to get and make her ask him–instead, she asked John. Meany Shalandra is the only one not to be asked, which isn’t surprising given how unpleasant she can be. [SK: I wish we’d been watching all season, because she seemed perfectly nice, and we really liked her. I’ll have to go back and read what she did in previous weeks.]

Everyone heads for the hot tub except for Sam and Jasmine, who are surprisingly dedicated to doing well in this competition. The next day, we get challenge 2–the beauties must be substitute teachers for a randomly-chosen subject to a bunch of elementary school students (5th graders). Jen is trying to teach math. Erin tries to teach geography, and does little more than wave her hand around a map. Hooters girl Natalie is similarly dumb-founded, passing on her knowledge that any state that touches the Atlantic Ocean borders the Atlantic Ocean–duh. Next is Katie, who asks the kids math questions, and praises them regardless of the answer (because she can’t do anything with fractions). Jasmine teaches natural history, as does Sam. Jasmine is clueless, but Sam relates well to kids (which is not surprising, since he is just a big kid himself). He was stumped however when asked by a kid if dinosaurs breathed fire–he honestly does not know, and I suppose the argument can be made that no one can really say whether they did or not. Shalandra does well with math, and it looks to be a two person race. And the winner is . . . Shalandra!

Cut to the prom, held at a local school. The geeks dance, and they weren’t really that bad at it. They soon learn that the challenge is that they have to mingle with strangers, and the person with the most “most popular” votes will win. William is so nervous that he stutters all over himself. Jesse tries out his pick-up lines, which include: “Was your mother a beaver, because DAMN GIRL you are hot!”

Joshua is passed around like a curiosity. Dave goes into his whole stupid LARPer spiel. John shocked the strangers, when he asserted he was one of the geeks. I’m not sure how that will cut. And now . . . the Prom King . . . John! Not surprising that the most normal looking one wins (he also is an MIT student, so I presume he has some confidence in himself). Geek Nicole is the default Prom Queen.

Picked for the elimination room are Sam & Nicole and Luke & Katie. Joshua stupidly notes that they considered picking Dave and Jasmine (so he gets the hit of challenging another couple without there being any danger that they might get eliminated prior to coming back at him for revenge–brilliant). [SK: I *know*! I was saying, “Well, that’s a stupid thing to say.”]

Katie is a sobbing mess, fearing she will be taken out of the experiment before her time. Sam & Nicole are confident. First, a math problem for Sam on fractions, and he gets it right! Next, Katie is given a multiplication problem, and works it out correctly. Next, spell “intelligence”–Sam gets it correct! [SK: I was shocked he got that one right.] Next, what is the westernmost state–Katie guesses California! It’s actually Alaska. [SK: And just so you know, genius Frank said Hawaii, and I said Alaska — that whole reaching almost all the way to Russia thing.]

Nicole’s first question is about Britney Spears–WAY too easy. Next, early balding statistics–Luke gets it right. For the win, a nose job question about Ashley Simpson for Nicole–she gets it right, so Sam & Nicole will stay for another week!